| NOUN | state | ascendant, ascendent | position or state of being dominant or in control |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | ascendant, ancestor, ascendent, antecedent, root | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | ascendant, ascendent, ascensive | tending or directed upward |
| all | ascendant, ascendent, dominating | most powerful or important or influential |
| Sounds | ahseh'ndahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | tending or directed upward. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin | |
| Synonyms | ascendent, ascensive | |
| Broader | ascending | Moving or going or growing upward |
| Spanish | ascendente, ascendiente | |
| Catalan | ascendent | |
| Verbs | ascend | slope upwards |
| ascend | travel up, "We ascended the mountain" | |
| Meaning | Most powerful or important or influential. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the economically ascendant class" | |
| Synonyms | ascendent, dominating | |
| Broader | dominant | Exercising influence or control |
| Spanish | ascendiente, dominante, prestigioso | |
| Catalan | ascendent | |
| Nouns | ascendance, ascendancy | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
| ascendant | position or state of being dominant or in control | |
| Meaning | Position or state of being dominant or in control. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "that idea was in the ascendant" | |
| Synonym | ascendent | |
| Broader | dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control | The state that exists when one person or group has power over another |
| Catalan | ascendent | |
| Adjectives | ascendant | most powerful or important or influential |
| Meaning | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | ancestor, ascendent, antecedent, root | |
| Narrower | ancestress | A woman ancestor |
| forebear, forbear | A person from whom you are descended | |
| forefather, father, sire | The founder of a family | |
| foremother | A woman ancestor | |
| progenitor, primogenitor | An ancestor in the direct line | |
| Broader | relative, relation | A person related by blood or marriage |
| Opposite | descendant, descendent | A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race |
| Spanish | ancestra, ancestro, antecesor, antepasada, antepasado, ascendente, ascendiente, progenitor | |
| Catalan | ancestre, antecessor, ascendent, avantpassat, progenitor | |
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